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Owais Shah
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Owais Alam Shah

Born: 22 October 1978, Karachi, Sind, Pakistan
Major Teams: Middlesex, England.
Known As: Owais Shah
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break


ODI Debut: England v Australia at Bristol, NatWest Series, 2001
Latest ODI:
England v India at Colombo (RPS), ICC Champions Trophy, 2002/03

NBC Denis Compton Award 1997

Career Statistics:

TESTS

                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    0    -   -     -    -     -     -   -    -   -

                     Balls    M     R    W    Ave   BBI   5 10    SR  Econ
Bowling                  0    -     -    -    -     -     -  -    -    -

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (including 22/09/2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   11   11   2   227   62   25.22  65.79   0   2    4   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling               -      -     -    -    -     -      -   -    -    -

FIRST-CLASS
 (1996 - 2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   95  156  11  5075  203   35.00  12  24   61   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling             166     24   627   17  36.88  3-33    0   0  58.5  3.77

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (1995 - 2002/03; last updated 10/11/2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  135  127  16  3209  134   28.90   4  15   39   0

                      O       R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling              38.3   249    8  31.12  2-2     0   0  28.8  6.46

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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Born in Karachi in October 1978, Shah is a stylish and classical right-handed batsman. He won plaudits as a teenager for his talent and technique and a fine future seemed assured as he scored a record 232 for England U15 against England U16. He was named Man of the Series for the 1994 U17 Test Series between England and India. In January 1998 he led England to victory in the Under-19 World Cup in South Africa, scoring an unbeaten 54 in the final.

But the transition to first-class cricket proved more problematic than was envisaged. Shah made his one-day debut for Middlesex in August 1995 against Notts at Lord's in the AXA League, hitting 64 three weeks later against Yorkshire and touring Zimbabwe with the U19 squad. He made his first-class debut the following season (1996), again against Nottinghamshire, hitting 53 in his first innings. In all he played five times in the Championship (in between school commitments) that season and hit two half-centuries, winning a place on the England A tour to Australia. Wisden praised his "abundant promise" in their end of term report, and after he struck 76 and 79 in the first game in Australia, Wisden referred to him as "the one batsman completely at home on turning pitches."

Shah's maiden first-class century came against Nottinghamshire in 1997. Averaging over 40 for the season he again won selection on the England A tour, this time of Kenya and Sri Lanka. In 1998 he hit another two first-class centuries, including 140 against Yorkshire, and averaged only a fraction under 40 in the Championship, but 1999 was a more inconsistent season. Though he hit two centuries in both the National League and the Championship he was criticised in Wisden for "a total lack of responsibility" as a season's average of 25 illustrated.

2000 saw Shah awarded his county cap, but a championship average of 23 was hardly the progress that had been anticipated, and, described as a "bitter disappointment" by Wisden, he was dropped from the county side.

However, Shah began the 2001 season in fine form. Scores of 190 and 88 against Durham at Chester-le-Street were followed by a career best 203 (again against Durham, at Southgate) in the CricInfo Championship. A half-century in a one-day game against Australia was crucial in Middlesex beating the World Champions and he was called into the England squad for the NatWest Series in the absence of the injured Graham Thorpe. He made his debut against Australia at Bristol, making a fluent 28* and following it with a fine 62 at Lord's against Pakistan, though England lost each of the five games he played in.

Shah was unfortunate to be overlooked for the Test team that summer, but found consolation in winning the Cricket Writers' Club Young Player of the Year award. He was also selected for England's one-day winter tours. His opportunities were limited to just one ODI in Zimbabwe, none in India and three in New Zealand, in the last of which he was England's top scorer with 57 at Dunedin. Although he played no international cricket during the 2002 season, he again passed 1,000 runs for Middlesex and featured in both England's ICC Champions Trophy matches, scoring 25 and 34. (Copyright CricInfo October 2002)

* Last Updated: Sunday, 10-Nov-2002 16:16:16 GMT


 
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